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 The Pike Road Investment in Community and Education (PRICE) Foundation The PRICE Foundation is a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization established to provide an avenue for citizens to make tax deductible donations in support of the town's most vital projects. Among these projects are the Pike Road Natural Trail and the school system. Town leaders are committed to projects that will add to the quality of life in our town, as well as to the value of property in the area. Your donation to the PRICE Foundation now will speed the completion of these and other great works and improve the future of our great town. Make your commitment today! P.R.I.C.E. FOUNDATION LAUNCHES READING FUNDRAISER! P.R.I.C.E. stands for Pike Road Investment in Community and Education. The leaders of Pike Road created the P.R.I.C.E. foundation in 2006 for the purpose of engaging exclusively in charitable education and community endeavors as a qualified 501(c) (3) organization under the Internal Revenue Code. The idea was driven by a need to establish a public school system in the town of Pike Road, as well as to establish, develop and maintain additional public works and community facilities for the benefit of all its citizens. For example, in addition to the future schools, the 35 plus miles of recreational trails that will be established in Pike Road can be paid for, in part, through the foundation. Now that the town is on the brink of formally establishing the required population of 5,000 citizens in order to build our school, the P.R.I.C.E Foundation provides the perfect vehicle to ensure funds will be available as soon as we are able to break ground! Tax deductible contributions to the foundation will help ensure funds are available when needed. Just in time for the new school year, and on the heels of the opening of the new Pike Road public library, the foundation has launched its “Read for a P.R.I.C.E.” program. This program serves as an initiative to encourage children to read while at the same time teaches civic responsibility by promoting involvement in local community efforts. Children can make a contract with one or more adults to get paid for each book they read (contract form available here). The money collected would be donated by the child to the P.R.I.C.E. Foundation on the 2nd Monday of each month at the commencement of the 7 pm Town Council meetings. The children will be recognized personally by the mayor and town councilmen, and receive a certificate of commendation for completing their reading program while contributing to a worthy foundation. The P.R.I.C.E. Foundation works directly for the community initiatives of Pike Road, and every gift will make a difference, regardless of size. History is full of instances where the collective efforts of children have made a huge difference in a community. Children who contract with family and friends in “Read for A P.R.I.C.E.” can start immediately to join the foundation’s efforts to deliver a quality education to the children of Pike Road through an academic program that, partnered with local universities, will reach all Alabama students. Because the foundation has no administrative costs or paid officers, one hundred percent of their contributions will go directly to funding P.R.I.C.E. programs. For more information on “Read for a P.R.I.C.E.”, or to learn more about the P.R.I.C.E Foundation, please call the Town Hall at 272-9883 or 279-6123. You may also download a printable copy of the contract form here. Go Green for the P.R.I.C.E. Foundation! Did you realize that if all of the empty printer cartridges that are thrown away each year were stacked end to end, they would circle the earth! A typical consumer cycles through a new cell phone every 10-12 months due to increasing technology. Each discarded empty laser printer cartridge adds approx. three lbs. of waste to our landfills! Everyday huge numbers of inkjets, toner/laser cartridges, iPods, laptops and cell phones are discarded and sit in America's landfills. And here is the bottom line:
Now you have a chance to recycle and help the Pike Road Investment in Community and Education Foundation! The P.R.I.C.E. Foundation has partnered with Recycle to Earn, America’s #1 nontraditional fundraising program. They provide all the tools needed to earn funding by recycling used printer cartridges and cell phones. All you have to do is bring your recyclable cartridges and cell phones to the Pike Road Town Hall where they will be collected for the P.R.I.C.E. Foundation. Now you can be green, and help raise money your town raise money to establish and develop a public school system! |
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Pike Road Offices | 4902 Pike Road | Pike Road, Al 36064
Phone: 334-272-9883 | Fax: 334-272-9884 | Email: info@pikeroad.us |